Cuisine
New brunch options in NoBo
I´m often wracked with guilt when my vegan friend Amy joins me for a meal out. I’ll typically enjoy something like a filet mignon stuffed with oysters and a side of beluga while my hapless pal is forced to gnaw on a sprig of parsley. Happily, this culinary ...
The launch of Longmont Restaurant Week
There was a time when nobody thought about “dining” and “Longmont” in the same sentence. “When I was growing up, my parents always had...
The scene
It’s open mic comedy night at Johnny’s Cigar Bar. Have any four words ever simultaneously inspired so much giddy excitement and sheer terror as “open mic comedy night...
Tour de brew: James Peak Brewery & Smokehouse
Named after the nearby 13,000-foot mountain — the second tallest peak in the surrounding wilderness — the James Peak Brewery & Smokehouse has elevation...
Thanksgiving for losers
Some of my best Thanksgivings have been ones I’ve missed. This isn’t to say I’m a hater. I’m a hunter, and I have a...
Try this week: Blackbelly’s Cubano, and more
Cubano
Blackbelly, 1606 Conestoga St., Boulder, blackbelly.com
You probably already know that Blackbelly creates excellent food by sourcing excellent local produce, meat and grains. This is how...
Australia is regaining its mojo
Australian wine has fallen out of fashion.
In the late-1990s, Americans became obsessed with wines from the Land Down Under. For most of this millennium’s...
Try this week: Barbecue Plate @ Wayne’s Smoke Shack
Dangit, Wayne’s is good. It’s Texas-style barbecue served up simply — on a platter — with your choice of sides and sauces. Most meats...
The nicest people you know are guilty of restaurant robbery
We are shoplifters. Ask local chefs and they will relate horror stories of serious thievery by their own diners. They are not talking about...
What can’t kombucha do?
Imagine being able to brew up a magical elixir that can cure a hangover, reverse hair loss and help promote a healthy gut? Well,...
Oak has recovered — and then some
When assessing the recently reopened Oak at Fourteenth, the lazy tendency would be to open with a sentence such as this: “Like a phoenix rising out of the ashes, Oak has returned from months of rebuilding from a debilitating fire.” Given this tough history, it’s also...


















